The Editor's Blog

Production Update

Andy Tyrer — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:15:23 +0000

As I write this, be assured that I am hard at work editing episode 6 and I can honestly say that the edit-to-date sounds great. We’re approximately three quarters of the way through the edit with the vocals and sfx competed for the teaser and acts 1 -4, just act 5 and the epilogue to go. Then follows scoring for episode. Currently, we are on target for a mid-November release, and of course we will keep you updated as we begin to close production on the sixth and final episode of this season.

Marketing the show…

Andy Tyrer — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:26:48 +0000

This week sees the start of Continuing Mission’s marketing campaign through various methods including website and online interviews. We’ve just released the name of our first guest star for ‘We Will Control All That You See and Hear’, and will be focussing on the campaign over the next two weeks to promote this upcoming episode. On the run up to Dragon Con, we are releasing details of TWO more guest stars on Friday this week, with the final THREE guest stars being announced the following weekend.

Stay tuned for more updates soon…

In our next update, we’ll be giving you an update status on the edit for ‘We Will Control All That You See and Hear’.

Recording updates…

Andy Tyrer — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:21:31 +0000

We are currently in the process of recording the guest stars for ‘We will control all that you see and hear’ (two of which have already recorded this weekend, with another to record on Tuesday evening). Casting announcements will be following soon…

The first step in the editing process…

Andy Tyrer — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 12:58:11 +0000

On Tuesday I began to receive the audio files of the actors performances from Patrick McCray – 10 tracks to date.

The first task was to sit down and listen to all of the tracks to ensure that the takes were ‘clean’ enough to be used. When I say ‘clean’ I mean that I check for things like background noise on the tracks, excessive hiss, problems with the mic set up, or things as simple as the performer moving positions during a take, sometimes this will have a contrasting effect on the quality of the recording or may affect the consistancy in of the sound levels of the performance. If I do find any, they are normally addressed through various methods such as noise reduction, hiss removal and adjusting the levels on part or all of the track to compensate. The worst case scenario is that the performer will be asked to retake the line as a pickup. If this is necessary I normally add a ‘temp track’ to the multi track editor and color code it to ensure that I swap out the old track for a new one, enabling production to continue without having to wait around for the new lines to be taken. Sometimes, I will use a temp track for lines that I don’t have yet from the performers, and this may require me to record a section of dialogue myself - if I do this, I try to pace the dialogue as I believe the performer would, so that the intended dialogue can be dropped in at that point without too much difficulty.

Once the ‘mastering’ process is complete, the tracks are then posted electronically to the editing team to be used within the production.

Stay tuned for more updates soon…

Recording is under way…

Andy Tyrer — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:19:05 +0000

Patrick McCray is hard at work this week recording the principle cast including Scott Martineck, Brian Bonner, Tiffany Tallent and guest performer Michaelan Moore. More updates coming soon…

Mission Update…

Andy Tyrer — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 17:58:30 +0000

I have spent today conferencing with Sebastian Prooth regarding recording schedules for guest stars and have been working on some of the key sound effects required for the episode – very old school – enough hints dropped their for the moment I think. Principle cast members begin recording their roles next week with Patrick McCray. So far, the episode is on schedule for it’s release date of October 31st. Some addtional work for the episode’s scoring is going to take place tommorrow. More updates to follow soon.

Casting Update…

Andy Tyrer — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:15:25 +0000

This week saw meetings and guest star casting calls for We will control all that you see and hear… More updates on that soon.

I also spent some time this week reviewing some of our older episodes… It’s important to ensure consistancy and that was the main reason for my review… Back to basics of episode 6.

On Saturday, we have another production meeting for scheduling and again will require some development time for episode 7. I have already contacted the editing team and they’re ‘good to go’ for an August start. Saturday also sees some content editing and updates on the website including the release of this blog and an official description for episode 6.

Discussing the Future…

Andy Tyrer — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:23:52 +0000

Saturday and Sunday heralded more meetings with Sebastian Prooth with discussions regarding the script and storyline for episode 7 and also took a look at a ’work in progress’ of the artwork for We will Control all that you see and hear. In other updates, the recording of actors dialogue has been scheduled for week commencing August 3rd and finally several small music cues have also been composed to be included in the episode.

Stay tuned for more updates soon…

Interview & Another Meeting

Sebastian Prooth — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:00:29 +0000

Just had a great meeting with Andy Tyrer on the subject of the season finale and our next episode “We will Control All You See and Hear” Because we are on such opposite sides of the clock our schedules afford us to meet online about once a week and update each other on what is happening. There are a few guest stars that we are pursuing for the next episode. We also discussed concept art for “We Will Control” – those things always have to be underway even before you start recording for an episode.

I was also interviewed for the special material section of the Star Trek: The Continuing Mission website. For about half an hour Andy and I talked about Continuing Mission and my past work which was fun. This show will be released in a few weeks.

Thanks for stopping by the blog.

Production Meeting II

Andy Tyrer — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 06:45:23 +0000

Well, just came off our second prodution meeting this week, this time with Sebastian Prooth. Deadlines have been agreed for the casting of ‘guest roles’ for the episode. In addition the final release date for this episode has been confirmed. Concept ideas for artwork approved by all, design phase to begin shortly.

Scheduling for Episode 7 was discussed with a provisional release date of December 25th. Season 2’s opener is in the works and was also discussed. Will begin collaborating with David Raines shortly on this project.

Once again, full steam ahead…